Gathering four stories from four best-selling author friends,
Invitation is the first collection in the ongoing Harbingers series. In "The Call" by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders...but there are some very disturbing strings attached.

5 out of 5 stars

nail biter

By
Eric S Baker
on
11-20-17

The 49th Mystic

Beyond the Circle, Book 1

By:
Ted Dekker

Narrated by:
Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
413

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
376

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
379

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong.

5 out of 5 stars

A welcome return

By
Shaun Eutsey
on
05-23-18

Rise of the Mystics

By:
Ted Dekker

Narrated by:
Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
148

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
127

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
128

Rachelle Matthews dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness. In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden, and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance.

5 out of 5 stars

Intense and illuminating

By
Ryan T. Pigford
on
10-03-18

Apocalypse

The Days of Elijah, Book 1

By:
Mark Goodwin

Narrated by:
Kevin Pierce

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
956

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
866

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
861

After a massive wave of disappearances, 26-year-old CIA analyst Everett Carroll finally believes what he's been told about the biblical prophecy of the rapture. But will he be able to survive the gauntlet of destruction known as the Great Tribulation? Seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven vials of God's wrath are about to be poured out upon the earth, and woe to the inhabitants thereof! Global currencies have collapsed, famine and plague have claimed the lives of millions, and the world has crumbled into chaos.

5 out of 5 stars

WOW!

By
Kevin (Slingshot)
on
01-24-17

Dead Sea Rising

A Novel

By:
Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by:
David Cochran Heath

Length: 9 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
14

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
16

Nicole Berman is determined to find there the first concrete evidence of the biblical patriarch Abraham while leading her first archeological dig in Jordan. During the excavation, Berman discovers a 4,000-year-old complex that includes evidence she believes proves her theory. But a devastating cave-in nearly kills her and she awakens in a Saudi clinic, haunted by visions of what she may have seen - evidence of Abraham and his two sons, the half-brothers Isaac and Ishmael. One discovery leads to another, and Nicole sets off across the region to connect pieces of an ancient puzzle.

3 out of 5 stars

Young Readers Book

By
V Jeffrey Butler
on
12-11-18

Blessed Child

The Caleb Books, Book 1

By:
Ted Dekker,
Bill Bright

Narrated by:
Benjamin L. Darcie

Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
603

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
562

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
562

A young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls - at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die. But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb. When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to rescue Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity’s doors to an incredible journey filled with political intrigue and peril. Jason and Leiah - the French-Canadian nurse who escapes the monastery with him - quickly realize Caleb’s supernatural power to heal. But so do the boy’s enemies, who will stop at nothing to destroy him.

5 out of 5 stars

The Miracle of Healing the Human Heart

By
Debbie
on
05-10-14

Invitation

By:
Bill Myers,
Frank Peretti,
Angela Hunt,
and others

Narrated by:
Bill Myers,
Cherise Boothe,
Ali Ahn,
and others

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
182

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
164

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
164

Gathering four stories from four best-selling author friends,
Invitation is the first collection in the ongoing Harbingers series. In "The Call" by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders...but there are some very disturbing strings attached.

5 out of 5 stars

nail biter

By
Eric S Baker
on
11-20-17

The 49th Mystic

Beyond the Circle, Book 1

By:
Ted Dekker

Narrated by:
Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
413

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
376

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
379

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong.

5 out of 5 stars

A welcome return

By
Shaun Eutsey
on
05-23-18

Rise of the Mystics

By:
Ted Dekker

Narrated by:
Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
148

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
127

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
128

Rachelle Matthews dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness. In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden, and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance.

5 out of 5 stars

Intense and illuminating

By
Ryan T. Pigford
on
10-03-18

Apocalypse

The Days of Elijah, Book 1

By:
Mark Goodwin

Narrated by:
Kevin Pierce

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
956

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
866

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
861

After a massive wave of disappearances, 26-year-old CIA analyst Everett Carroll finally believes what he's been told about the biblical prophecy of the rapture. But will he be able to survive the gauntlet of destruction known as the Great Tribulation? Seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven vials of God's wrath are about to be poured out upon the earth, and woe to the inhabitants thereof! Global currencies have collapsed, famine and plague have claimed the lives of millions, and the world has crumbled into chaos.

5 out of 5 stars

WOW!

By
Kevin (Slingshot)
on
01-24-17

Dead Sea Rising

A Novel

By:
Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by:
David Cochran Heath

Length: 9 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
14

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
16

Nicole Berman is determined to find there the first concrete evidence of the biblical patriarch Abraham while leading her first archeological dig in Jordan. During the excavation, Berman discovers a 4,000-year-old complex that includes evidence she believes proves her theory. But a devastating cave-in nearly kills her and she awakens in a Saudi clinic, haunted by visions of what she may have seen - evidence of Abraham and his two sons, the half-brothers Isaac and Ishmael. One discovery leads to another, and Nicole sets off across the region to connect pieces of an ancient puzzle.

3 out of 5 stars

Young Readers Book

By
V Jeffrey Butler
on
12-11-18

Blessed Child

The Caleb Books, Book 1

By:
Ted Dekker,
Bill Bright

Narrated by:
Benjamin L. Darcie

Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
603

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
562

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
562

A young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls - at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die. But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb. When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to rescue Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity’s doors to an incredible journey filled with political intrigue and peril. Jason and Leiah - the French-Canadian nurse who escapes the monastery with him - quickly realize Caleb’s supernatural power to heal. But so do the boy’s enemies, who will stop at nothing to destroy him.

5 out of 5 stars

The Miracle of Healing the Human Heart

By
Debbie
on
05-10-14

The Days of Noah: The Complete Box Set

A Novel of the End Times in America

By:
Mark Goodwin

Narrated by:
Kevin Pierce

Length: 24 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
69

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Discover a hidden conspiracy, a shadow government, and the CIA analyst who uncovers it all in this complete box set of The Days of Noah series by Mark Goodwin.

5 out of 5 stars

Awesome book!

By
Christopher Van Horn
on
11-11-18

Divided We Fall: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel of America's Coming Civil War

Ava's Crucible, Book 1

By:
Mark Goodwin

Narrated by:
Stacey Glemboski

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
476

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
456

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
453

America is on the verge of a second civil war, and Ava must pull it together if she wants to survive. Violent protest, widespread destruction, and politicians who insist on letting the disassociated vent their rage will bring America to her knees, threatening to decapitate the laws, principles, and values on which the country was founded. Ava refuses to give into fear, but she simply cannot survive on her own. She must deal with her crisis of faith and learn to trust other people, or she’ll never make it through the bloodiest period of America’s history.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent start to a new series

By
KS
on
05-22-18

Dinner with a Perfect Stranger

An Invitation Worth Considering

By:
David Gregory

Narrated by:
Jeff Woodman

Length: 1 hr and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
176

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
108

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
108

You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth - the mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky's desk amid a stack of credit card applications and business-related junk mail. Although his 70-hour workweek has already eaten into his limited family time, Nick can't pass up the opportunity to see what kind of plot his colleagues have hatched.

5 out of 5 stars

Good food for thought

By
Garry
on
09-21-05

The Days of Noah

Book One: Conspiracy

By:
Mark Goodwin

Narrated by:
Kevin Pierce

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,570

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,434

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,425

Could we be living in a time of which there is more prophetic writings than of any period in history? Noah Parker, like many in the United States, has been asleep at the wheel. During his complacency, the founding precepts of America have been slowly, systematically destroyed by a conspiracy that dates back hundreds of years. The signs can no longer be ignored and Noah is forced to pull his head out of the sand and see things for what they really are.

4 out of 5 stars

The best in depth storyline in some time.

By
GMJ
on
08-08-16

The Devil's Game

A Fast-Paced Christian Fiction Suspense Thriller

By:
Daniel Patterson

Narrated by:
Adam Verner

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
67

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
63

Story

4 out of 5 stars
64

Fresh out of Bible college, James Buchman has found a good life for himself as the pastor of a small church in rural upstate New York. But beyond the joy of new friends and young love lurks a deadly secret. When inexplicable events leave innocent souls teetering on the edge of destruction, James can't help but wonder if the congregation's mysterious newcomer may somehow be responsible.

5 out of 5 stars

Good vs Evil

By
Gayle
on
09-17-16

Thief of Corinth

By:
Tessa Afshar

Narrated by:
Rendah Heywood

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
149

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
140

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
140

After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father's home in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: Though a Greek of high birth, Galenos is the infamous thief who has been robbing the city's corrupt of their ill-gotten gains. Desperate to keep him safe, Ariadne risks her good name, her freedom, and the love of the man she adores to become her father's apprentice.

5 out of 5 stars

Great story!

By
Amazon Customer
on
11-09-18

Outlaw

By:
Ted Dekker

Narrated by:
Nicola Barber

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
368

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
340

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
341

The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year old son, Stephen, left Atlanta Georgia and found ourselves on a white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging sea off of Australia's northern tip in 1963, is harrowing. But it pales in comparison to what happened deep in the jungle where I was taken as a slave by a savage tribe unknown to the world. Some places dwell in darkness so deep that even God seems to stay away.

5 out of 5 stars

More Than A Great Story

By
Saundra Smith
on
02-07-14

Wings of Refuge

By:
Lynn Austin

Narrated by:
Romy Nordlinger

Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
75

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
68

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
67

Nothing in Abigail MacLeod's life as a wife, a mother, and a teacher has prepared her for what she will experience during her summer in Israel. At 42, her life is in chaos, even before she leaves home - her marriage is dissolving before her very eyes, and her faith is in shambles. This pilgrimage to Israel was supposed to be a new beginning for her. But by the end of the first day, she is forced to board an Israeli jetliner in spite of a bomb threat and watches helplessly as a kind, fatherly gentleman she befriended on the plane dies in her arms.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent read!

By
Jan
on
10-03-18

Convenient Lies

Hidden Truth Series, Book 1

By:
Robin Patchen

Narrated by:
Karen White

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
39

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
38

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
38

When investigative journalist Reagan McAdams discovers her new husband, Julien, is part of a powerful international crime family, she flees Paris with their newborn, returning to her childhood home in Nutfield, New Hampshire. She plans to gather her inheritance, collect her beloved grandmother, and disappear forever. She'll do whatever it takes to protect her son from his criminal father. But when Reagan arrives home, her heart breaks at the news of her grandmother's death. Finding her missing inheritance is as impossible as a second chance with her former boyfriend, Brady.

5 out of 5 stars

Suspenseful & enjoyable

By
Indydog
on
09-02-18

Kennedy Stern Christian Suspense Box Set (Books 1-3)

By:
Alana Terry

Narrated by:
Keli Douglass

Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
84

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
76

Story

4 out of 5 stars
75

A three-in-one bundle of suspense and excitement as missionary kid Kennedy Stern faces more danger, mystery, and controversy than this anxiety-prone college student knows how to handle. Confronted with questions of underage abortion, plagued by a stalker and paralyzing PTSD flashbacks, and eventually caught in the center of a police brutality scandal, Kennedy discovers that her first year at Harvard involves a lot more than passing a few lab classes and fulfilling her pre-med requirements.

5 out of 5 stars

LOVED these stories

By
Cosette C.
on
10-29-17

A Light on the Hill

By:
Connilyn Cossette

Narrated by:
Rachel Botchan

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
116

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Story

5 out of 5 stars
104

After being branded during the battle of Jericho, Moriyah has had no prospects for marriage - until now. She hopes to please the man, but things go horribly wrong and she is forced to flee for her life. Seeking safety at one of the Levitical cities of refuge, she is unprepared for the dangers she faces, and the enemies - and allies - she encounters on her way. Seven years ago, Moriyah was taken captive in Jericho and branded with the mark of the Canaanite gods. Now the Israelites are experiencing peace in their new land, but Moriyah has yet to find her own peace. Because of the shameful mark on her face, she hides behind her veil at all times.

5 out of 5 stars

Another great story!

By
Mrs. K. Reed
on
02-11-18

Whispers of the Bayou

By:
Mindy Starns Clark

Narrated by:
Jill Smith

Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Swept away from Louisiana bayou country as a child, Miranda Miller is a woman without a past. She has a husband and child of her own and a fulfilling job in a Manhattan museum, but she also has questions - about the tragedy that cut her off from family and caused her to be sent away and about those first five years of her life, which were erased from her memory entirely. Summoned to the bedside of Willy Pedreaux, the old caretaker of her grandparents' antebellum estate, Miranda goes back to Louisiana at last, hoping to learn the truths of her past and receive her rightful inheritance.

4 out of 5 stars

Very good but not great!

By
Amazon Customer
on
10-28-18

Publisher's Summary

A.D. 2088. Missionary daughter Abigail Caldwell emerges from the jungle for the first time in her 34 years, the sole survivor of a mysterious disease that killed her village. Abby goes to America, only to discover a nation where Christianity has completely died out. A curious message from her grandfather assigns her a surprising mission: re-introduce the Christian faith in America, no matter how insurmountable the odds.

But a larger threat looms. The world's leading artificial intelligence industrialist has perfected a technique for downloading the human brain into a silicon form. Brain transplants have begun, and with them comes the potential of eliminating physical death altogether...but at what expense?

As Abby navigates a society grown more addicted to stimulating the body than nurturing the soul, she and Creighton Daniels, a historian troubled by his father's unexpected death, become unwitting targets of powerful men who will stop at nothing to further their nefarious goals. Hanging in the balance: the spiritual future of all humanity.

In this futuristic thriller, startling near-future science collides with thought-provoking theology. The Last Christian is a provocative "what if?" novel from David Gregory, best-selling author of Dinner with a Perfect Stranger.

fantastic.

This book was an exceptional novel about the potential future of our nation and what that can lead to and our spirituality. It was very moving and helped to evaluate how even though intentions may be good, it can lead to catastrophic results I enjoyed this book and have recommended it to many many friends. Enjoy!

Great Bible References

This book was inspiring and thought provoking, and I have recommended that my friends read it...I listened to it twice because it had so many great details.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Abby was the main character and my favorite. Because she was raised in the jungle and not up to speed on all the newest technology, she was very innocent about learning technology but also couldn't understand how a country could possibly live with God.

What about Lincoln Hoppe’s performance did you like?

The Narrator was so good at voice tones to help distinguish the characters. He kept my attention.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I didn't want to stop the book, normally listening while I exercise and drive.

very intriguing and addicting

! at first it was very slow and I didn't care for the reader it first but then as time went on the book got very interesting very intriguing it also got very addicting I didn't want to watch TV and didn't want to talk to anyone else I wanted to do was listen to the book and find out how it ended I enjoyed it so much

Good book, well written and performed.

Thia was a good book in general, I'd love to see more Christian sci-fi that isn't just eschatological. This had a very believable future. The plot point that put the "Last Christian" against the tech was a bit of a stretch at first, but I figured it wasn't against scripture though I don't recall it in black and white in scripture. It was a good book.

Awesome Book

It's been a little while since I've come upon a gem here on Audible... One of those books that just grab you and keep you completely engrossed with both the characters and the story from start to finish... Until I got this one, that is. Excellent character development and story. Perfect mix of Science Fiction and Christianity. It also has a great message that's told through this great story line. If you like science fiction and are Christian, or even on the fence about Christianity, I highly recommend this book. It's very entertaining, engrossing, and insightful at the same time!

Awesome!

I really enjoyed this book. I love science fiction/ futuristic settings. This book is thought provoking as to what our American society might be like in 75 years or so. It had great twists and turns. Never expected the ending. The narrator was great. Really easy to listen to. Found myself listening to the story as much as I could because I was so captivated by the storyline. Highly recommend this book.

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2 out of 5 stars

Amazon Customer

03-09-11

Prob a good read but.....

Agree with the above review, just could not listen to the most boring voice I have ever heard, no doubting the auther, but had to give it up it was sooo frustrating

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Overall

1 out of 5 stars

Stephen Amos

12-15-10

Maybe a good book.....

I was intrigued by this book and bought it with anticipation. However I won't get to find out from this audio version as I quit after a quarter.

The Problem: The reader. I'm not sure if he was being overly earnest or if he was just bored. He read each word so slowly and left long, long gaps at the end of each sentence. Possibly interesting characters were reduced to unbearable bores. Every so often his voice would rise up as if he was a teenage boy.

I'm sorry, I am still interested in the plight of Abby and maybe I will buy the book, however i begrudge paying twice for the same thing.